United States Eighth Circuit

District court did not err in applying Arkansas choice-of-law rules to the issue of prejudgment interest in a personal injury suit after an airline crash, and the rate of postjudgment interest was governed by federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2002
• Published 08/01/2002

Judges

• Before McMILLIAN, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert R. Bodin, argued, Forth Worth, TX (Mark E. Burge, John C. Burnside, Fort Worth, TX, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randal R. Craft, Jr., argued, New York City (Alan D. Reitzfeld, Thomas E. Ice, New York City, Michael E. Hale, D. Keith Fortner, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for appellee.